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title: Steps to a Successful Release
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2019-12-11 09:49:28 +00:00
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category: Contributing
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2019-12-11 16:01:46 +00:00
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layout: default
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2021-09-14 14:05:21 +00:00
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SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
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2019-01-02 22:16:34 +00:00
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2018-11-29 10:09:09 +00:00
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# Steps to a Successful Release
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2016-05-31 17:43:41 +00:00
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1. Add all items to NEWS
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2022-04-12 10:05:53 +00:00
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2. Update the contributors list in NEWS (`ninja -C build git-contrib`)
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2016-05-31 17:43:41 +00:00
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3. Update the time and place in NEWS
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2022-04-12 10:33:33 +00:00
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4. Update hwdb (`ninja -C build update-hwdb`, `ninja -C build update-hwdb-autosuspend`, commit separately).
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2022-05-05 17:49:26 +00:00
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5. Update syscall numbers (`ninja -C build update-syscall-tables update-syscall-header`).
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2022-04-12 10:33:33 +00:00
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6. [RC1] Update version and library numbers in `meson.build`
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2023-01-24 12:34:00 +00:00
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7. Check dbus docs with `ninja -C build update-dbus-docs`
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8. Update translation strings (`cd build`, `meson compile systemd-pot`, `meson compile systemd-update-po`) - drop the header comments from `systemd.pot` + re-add SPDX before committing.
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9. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
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10. Do `ninja -C build`
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11. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
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12. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
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13. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
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14. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
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15. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
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16. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
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17. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).
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